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Great Expectations 
The historic election of Barack Obama has raised the
collective morale of the country. More people feel optimistic about the future
than before the election. Click here for the Editor's
Notes
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NCIL Chief Lancaster to
Retire: National Advocacy is Key
By Eleanor Canter
John Lancaster, executive director of the National Council
on Independent Living – and my boss -- recently announced his
retirement.
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coverstory
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Andy Imparato: Making a
Difference from the Inside
By Mike Ervin
Andy Imparato was a 24- year-old student at Harvard Law
School in 1990. “I was kind of an overprivileged, somewhat overconfident,
left-wing law student,” he said. “I thought I had unlimited
potential.”
Full Andy Imparato
story
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For Visually Impaired, New Product Makes Any Computer
Accessible
By By Deborah Kendrick
Access to movies would have been enough to sell me on this
product, but that is only the proverbial tip of the iceberg with the amazing
System Access Mobile Network from Serotek Corp. Full
computer story
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Commentary
It’s Plain to See that
“Blindness” is a Demeaning Film Portrayal
By Kathi Wolfe
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commentary.
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Commentary
A Poll Worker’s Inside
View of a Polling Place in Florida
By Opal Shelton
Full poll worker's story
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Hot Tips for Surviving a
Cold Winter
By Brenda Brown-Grooms
Natural gas, heating oil, propane, electricity, coal, and
wood and pellet stoves are all means by which people will keep warm this
winter. Each method will cost more than it did last year, substantially
contributing to a cost of living that is problematic in this economic
downturn.
read the full hot tips
story
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Winter Energy- Saving
Tips
full story
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Commentary
New Digital TV Era About to Dawn Beginning February 17th,
2009, over-the-air -analog broadcast television will end in the United
States
By Mike Reynolds
Full story on
DTV.
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For Aging Baby Boomers, Retirement Road Looks Bumpy
By Patricio Figueroa, Jr.
The first of the vast U.S. baby boom generation (those
born from 1946 to 1964) starting retiring in January 2008, setting off a
demographic tidal wave with wide-ranging economic, political and social
implications.. Full story
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Social Security Cost of Living Increase Scheduled for
2009
The hike is the biggest since 1982
Read full SS increase
story
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IS ON HIATUS THIS MONTH.
LOOK FOR
THE COLUMN IN
OUR NEXT ISSUE
By Patricio Figueroa, Jr.
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| Additional Articles |
 Social
Security keeps an estimated 40 percent of Americans out of poverty |
| NEWS
SUMMARIES |
| Calendar of
EventsBy Steve Mahoney |
| THIS DAY IN
DISABILITY HISTORY |
| Key Articles
from back issues |
| Coleman’s Winding Path Leads Her Back
to Advocacy Role (cover story) |
| No Jail
Time for Ex-Deputy in Wheelchair Dumping Case |
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President Bush signs the ADA Amendments
of 2008 |
| Karen Garofallou: A Lifelong Passion for
Advocacy |
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For Gays and Disabled People, Toughest Hurdles are Perceptions |
| Aging with Cerebral Palsy: Many Questions,
Few Answers |
| A Surprisingly Different Stroke: My
Own |
| U.S. Treasury Loses Fight over Accessible
Currency |
| Minding Our Matter – and Our
Bodies |
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| ‘Socialware’ Leveling the Global
Playing Field |
| Missouri
Museum to Tell Disability Rights Story |
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